2015 South Norfolk District Council election

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2015 South Norfolk District Council election

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All 46 seats to South Norfolk District Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 38 57.2% 8 29.3% Seats won 40 6 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 50,249 15,536 Percentage 54.2% 16.8% Swing 3.0% 12.5%
Map of the 2015 results in South Norfolk.
Party before election Conservative Elected Party Conservative

The 2015 South Norfolk District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect the whole council as part of 2015 United Kingdom local elections coinciding with the general election. The council continued to consist of 46 councillors and as immediately after the previous election, the council was controlled by local Conservatives, with local Liberal Democrats being the only opposition. The governing group's numbers were augmented by two councillors at the expense of that opposition group. Three defecting-from-majority independent councillors lost their council seats.

After the 2011 election, 38 councillors were Conservatives and 8 were Liberal Democrats. Since then, three Conservative councillors had left the party's grouping. Two of them (Keith Weeks, Bressingham and Burston ward, and Jon Herbert, Mulbarton ward) now formed the South Norfolk Independent Group, while the third (Terry Blowfield, Stratton ward) sat as an independent.^[1]

Party		Seats (2011 election)	Seats (19/03/15)
	Conservative	38	35
	Liberal Democrats	8	8
	Independent	-	3

South Norfolk had 36 wards, providing for 46 candidates. In this election, there were a total of 144 candidates standing (an increase of 23% from the 117 in the last election in 2011).

The two parties with incumbent councillors were the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives were standing in all wards, with a total of 44 candidates. The Liberal Democrats were standing 35 candidates in 32 wards.

Out of the other parties standing, Labour had 39 candidates in 32 wards, UKIP had 13 candidates in 13 wards, and the Green Party had 12 candidates in 12 wards. There was one independent candidate, Jackie Bircham, standing in Chedgrave and Thurton ward.

South Norfolk Local Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40	2	0	+2	67.0	54.2	50,249	-3.0%
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	2	-2	13.0	16.8	15,536	-12.5%
	Labour	0	0	0	+/-0	0	19.4	17,993	+11.5%
	UKIP	0	0	0	+/-0	0	5.2	4,788	+3.8%
	Green	0	0	0	+/-0	0	4.3	3,982	+0.4%
	Independent	0	0	0	+/-0	0	0.2	144	-0.1%
Total		46						92,692

South Norfolk council is made up of 46 councillors elected in 36 different wards. 27 wards elect one councillor, 8 wards elect two councillors, and one ward (Diss) elects three councillors.

29 incumbent councillors are re-standing in the wards they represented before this election (denoted by a *).

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Abbey ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Savage*	857	54.3	−13.1
	Labour	Kevin Patrick O'Grady	464	29.4	+29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Margaret Dore	258	16.3	−16.3
Majority			393	24.9	−9.9
Turnout			1579	69.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Beck Vale ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clayton Hudson	767	58.7	+6.0
	Labour	Peter David Holmes	198	15.2	+15.2
	Green	Jillian Christine Callaghan	172	13.2	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kerri Sheila Worrall	169	12.9	−34.4
Majority			569	43.6	+38.2
Turnout			1306	69.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Bressingham and Burston ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Michael Stone	863	51.2	−21.9
	UKIP	Paul William Chambers	326	19.3	+19.3
	Labour	Jon Chambers	286	17.0	+17.0
	Green	David John Reynolds	212	12.6	+12.6
Majority			537	31.8	−14.3
Turnout			1687	73.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Brooke ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Charles Fuller*	1104	68.4	−5.7
	Labour	David Peter Andrew Boyce	278	17.2	+17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Ann Tryggvason	233	14.4	−11.5
Majority			826	51.1	+2.9
Turnout			1615	76.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Bunwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Easton	903	55.4	−6.0
	Labour	Nigel Collingwood Crouch	362	22.2	−5.6
	UKIP	Frederick Joseph [sic] Page	225	13.8	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Victor Spratt	141	8.6	−2.3
Majority			541	33.2	−0.5
Turnout			1631	74.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Chedgrave and Thurton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek John Blake*	688	45.8	−11.6
	Labour	Harriet Ann Wells	299	19.9	+19.9
	UKIP	Ron Murphy	243	16.2	−3.1
	Independent	Jackie Bircham	144	9.6	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher John Brown	129	8.6	−14.7
Majority			389	25.9	−8.1
Turnout			1503	69.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Cringleford ward
(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher John Kemp*	1983	35.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Garry Samuel Wheatley*	1749	31.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wynter Blathwayt	981	17.4	+8.0
	Labour	Peter James Reason	937	16.6	+6.0
Majority			768	12.6
Turnout			5650	75.14
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Cromwells ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Henry Hornby	713	51.3	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Lawrence Halls	676	48.7	+3.1
Majority			37	2.7	−6.0
Turnout			1389	67.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Dickleburgh ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin James Wilby*	1043	68.5	−5.6
	Labour	Pam Reekie	223	14.7	+0.7
	Green	Sam Morgan	156	10.2	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Phebe Clifford John	100	6.6	−5.3
Majority			820	53.9	−6.2
Turnout			1522	69.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Diss ward
(3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Walter Kiddie*	1806	19.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Graham Minshull	1711	18.3	−3.5
	Conservative	Tony Palmer*	1692	18.1	−3.1
	Labour	Chris Davison	748	8.0	+8.0
	Labour	Trevor James Clark	729	7.8	−2.2
	Green	Anthony David Milton	646	6.9	+6.9
	Labour	Scott Francis Huggins	638	6.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Jane Wenman	570	6.1	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	David John Traube	426	4.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Leonard Wenman	402	4.3	−5.5
Majority			944	10.1
Turnout			9368	61.50
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Ditchingham and Broome ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendon Bernard	555	39.1	−21.7
	Conservative	Keith Tilcock	464	32.7	−6.5
	UKIP	Tim Spurrier	228	16.1	+16.1
	Labour	Steve Pank	172	12.1	+12.1
Majority			91	6.4	−15.3
Turnout			1419	71.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Earsham ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Murray Gray*	720	48.4	−17.9
	Conservative	Daniel Richard Cox	521	35.0	+1.3
	Labour	Geraldine Smith-Cullen	248	16.7	+16.7
Majority			199	13.4	−19.2
Turnout			1489	72.67
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Easton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Dewsbury*	943	60.2	−18.2
	UKIP	Arthur Burkard	239	15.3	+15.3
	Labour	Sylvia Driver	205	13.1	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Lloyd Sumner	179	11.4	−10.2
Majority			704	45.0	−11.8
Turnout			1566	74.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Forncett ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Christopher Duffin	702	42.5	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bob McClenning*	555	33.6	−21.6
	UKIP	Sharon Wentworth	213	12.9	+12.9
	Labour	Maisie Patricia Bellingham	183	11.1	+11.1
Majority			147	8.9
Turnout			1653	75.12
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Gillingham ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Mason Billig*	790	48.6	−9.7
	UKIP	Chris Capocci	299	18.4	+18.4
	Labour	Bethan Sian Gulliver	297	18.3	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Paul Barber	238	14.7	−27.0
Majority			491	30.2	+13.5
Turnout			1624	70.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Harleston ward
(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Maurice Riches*	1501	36.0	+8.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Philip Savage*	1106	26.5	+3.0
	Labour	James Eddy	672	16.1	+16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Evelyn Kuzmic	509	12.2	−5.7
	Labour	David Reekie	380	9.1	−1.2
Majority			434	10.4
Turnout			4168	62.28
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Hempnall ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Mary Thomas	1155	75.4	+6.8
	Labour	Janet Susan King	376	24.6	+24.6
Majority			779	50.9	−13.7
Turnout			1531	72.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

Jacky Sutton stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate in Hethersett in 2011. Her vote-share here is compared with the performance of the Labour candidate in 2011.

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Hethersett ward
(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bills*	1878	32.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Leslie George Poingdestre Dale*	1671	28.7	−0.1
	Labour	Jacky Sutton	913	15.7	−0.6
	Labour	Andy Pearson	720	12.3	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Goodchild	648	11.1	11.8
Majority			758	13.0
Turnout			5830	43.53
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Hingham and Deopham ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Bendle*	1049	63.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Dore	326	19.6	+6.4
	Labour	James Edward George Leman	286	17.2	+17.2
Majority			723	43.5	+5.0
Turnout			1661	72.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Loddon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Leslie Gould*	810	54.6	−18.7
	Labour	David George Bissonnet	322	21.7	+21.7
	UKIP	Alan Baugh	210	14.2	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Arnold	142	9.6	−17.1
Majority			488	32.9	−13.8
Turnout			1484	67.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Mulbarton ward
(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Gordon Macdonald Legg*	1650	31.9	+0.9
	Conservative	Colin Wayne Foulger	1502	29.0	−2.5
	Labour	Elaine McKinna	613	11.8	+11.8
	Labour	Steve Sewell	543	10.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Grimmer Pitcher	462	8.9	−3.7
	Green	Roy Arthur Walmsley	408	7.9	−5.7
Majority			889	17.2
Turnout			5178	73.13
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: New Costessey ward
(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Amis	1137	26.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Bell	1006	23.4	+1.3
	Conservative	James Edward Burgess	982	22.9	+7.2
	UKIP	Michelle Paula Newton	624	14.5	+14.5
	Labour	Sarah Samantha Langton	545	12.7	+0.2
Majority			24	0.5
Turnout			4294	67.40
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Newton Flotman ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Hardy	722	48.8	−6.8
	Labour	Jackie Brown	316	21.4	+21.4
	UKIP	Gillian Page	254	17.2	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Margaret McClenning	188	12.7	−31.7
Majority			406	27.4	+16.2
Turnout			1480	68.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Northfields ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Mooney*	934	62.4	−3.0
	Labour	Doug Underwood	361	24.1	−2.0
	Green	Gordon John Beckett	202	13.5	+13.5
Majority			573	38.3	−1.0
Turnout			1497	66.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Old Costessey ward
(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew David Pond	1606	26.0	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Blundell	1087	17.6	−16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Libby Glover	1019	16.5	−16.3
	UKIP	Tom Burkard	947	15.3	+15.3
	Labour	Cliff Francis	785	12.7	+12.7
	Labour	Enid Williams	740	12.0	+12.0
Majority			68	1.1
Turnout			6184	63.01
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Poringland with the Framinghams ward
(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Overton*	1907	36.6	−1.1
	Conservative	Lisa Sharon Neal*	1763	33.8	+0.2
	Labour	Nicola Jeannette	790	15.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Kathleen Grant	753	14.4	−0.1
Majority			978	18.6
Turnout			5213	74.05
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Rockland ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vic Thomson	994	56.9	−0.8
	Labour	Jo Bissonnet	425	24.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ernest Joseph Green	329	18.8	+5.0
Majority			569	32.6	−4.3
Turnout			1748	74.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Roydon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Goldson*	869	67.9	+1.8
	Labour	Elana Katz	283	22.1	+22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bodo Ulrich David Rissmann	127	9.9	−24.0
Majority			586	45.8	+13.5
Turnout			1279	68.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Rustens ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Noel Broome	1118	63.2	+10.0
	Green	Katherine Jenkins	651	36.8	+23.4
Majority			467	26.4	−4.2
Turnout			1769	65.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Scole ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Wilby*	900	66.5	−1.5
	Labour	Andy Driver	194	14.3	+14.3
	Green	John David Seddon	150	11.1	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Anthony Fookes	110	8.1	−6.5
Majority			706	52.1	+1.5
Turnout			1354	70.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Stoke Holy Cross ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Lewis*	757	43.7	−6.6
	Conservative	Lizzie Meadows	610	35.2	+3.3
	Green	Julie Anna Young	184	10.6	−1.4
	Labour	Carol Ann Crouch	182	10.5	+10.5
Majority			147	8.5	−9.9
Turnout			1733	75.69
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Linden Parker stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in Stratton in 2011.

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Stratton ward
(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Des Fulcher	1341	27.7	−5.8
	Conservative	Kevin James Worsley	1023	21.1	−3.6
	UKIP	David Thornton	750	15.5	+15.5
	Labour	Lesley Jean Neave	529	10.9	−2.1
	Labour	Deborah Helen Sacks	485	10.0	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Ann Hagger	371	7.7	−9.0
	Green	Linden Parker	343	7.1	+7.1
Majority			273	5.6
Turnout			4842	45.18
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Tasburgh ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Florence Ellis*	921	61.6	+1.8
	Labour	Michael Douglas Dawson	318	21.3	+21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Neil Percival	257	17.2	−23.0
Majority			603	40.3	+20.8
Turnout			1496	76.58	20.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Thurlton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lewis Wilson Kemp*	948	58.1	+7.4
	Labour	Sally Laura Blaikie	367	22.5	+22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Elizabeth Jackson	316	19.4	−4.5
Majority			581	35.6	+10.4
Turnout			1631	72.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Town ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Henry Hornby*	1121	64.6	+1.9
	Green	Jo Hardy	615	35.4	+35.4
Majority			506	29.1	−9.3
Turnout			1736	69.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Wicklewood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Edney*	869	54.9	−4.7
	Green	Quentin John Logan	243	15.4	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip John Abbott	241	15.2	+1.8
	UKIP	Lesley Carruthers	230	14.5	+14.5
Majority			626	39.5	+0.8
Turnout			1583	72.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

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